How Structured Is the Entangled Bank? The Surprisingly Simple Organization of Multiplex Ecological Networks Leads to Increased Persistence and Resilience

PLoS Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Kéfi, Sonia ^a   Miele, Vincent ^b   Wieters, Evie A ^c   Navarrete, Sergio A ^c,d   Berlow, Eric L ^e  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c Center for Marine Conservation   (Chile)

^d Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

^e Vibrant Data Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; SPECIES; STATISTICAL MODEL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

SEA WATER;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84988843641     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002527     Document Type: Article

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